Improvement jn plows



UNiTs Sterns linterna? ritosa CHARLES A. BEARD AND EZRA E. EVANS, OFZANESVILLE, OHIO.

iwiPsovEMen-r 1N PLows.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. ll 3,960, dated Aprillf3', 1871.

To 5M whom it may concern.-

Beit )known that we, CHARLES A. Bnl-inn and'EZnA E. EVANS, ofZanesville, Muskinguin county, and State of Ohio, have invented a new`(and useful Improvement in Plows, of which the following` is a clear,full7 and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingbdrawings, makin g a parto'f this specifrcation, in whichu Figure l is aperspective view of thc plow. Fig. 2 is a plan or top View.

Our invention relates more j iarticularly to the class of plows used inthe cultivation ol' corn; and it consists in so inultiplyiiug` and diatributing the mold-boards and securing their adj ustability that thesurface between two rows of corn or other vegetable matter can bethoroughly plowed by passinsI over it but once, thus securing a greatsaving in time and labor.

In order that others skilled in the art may understand and use ourinvention, we will proceed to describe the manner in which we havecarried it out.

In the annexed drawings, A represents an iron beam with a downward curveat its rear end, where it is bifurcated or split, and to the forkedshank a a is secured by proper bolts the double mold-board B orshovel-plow7 of any desired size. Through the iron beam A, and at aproper distance in advance ol" the top of the curve, is a vertical hole,tofadmit abolt which secures to the beam the arms C U. These arms areplaced on the beam with their fiat sides down, and theyT are perforatedwith the adj ustingholes c c, and are placed the one on the top of theother to be fastened to the beam, the bolt passing through cach and thenthrough the beam, where it is properly secured with a nut. The arms G Cextend horizontally and at right angles to the beam A a proper distance,and then turn down, each one forming an elbow and shank, to which areattached the 1nold-boards D D, wither without a share, as may berequired, and so arranged that they will throw the earth outward ortoward the two rows between which the plow is being Worked. Through thebeam A,l :and at a proper distance in advance of the arms CC, is anothervertical hole, at which are secured another similar pair oi' arms, E E,and another pair of mold-boards, 'F F. The arms E E ex- Y tend fartheron each side of the beam A than those in the rear. The mold-boards F Fare so arranged that they will turn the earth toward each other or awaylrozn the rows; or they may be reversed and made to turn the earthtoward the rows. lhese horizontal arms are secured by the braces e e ec, fastened at one end in front of the arms by bolts passinghorizontally through the beam A, and allowing,l the braces alittle playat these points; and at the opposite ends these braces are per- 'lbratedwith adjusting-holes7 through which the bolts pass to secure them to theshanks at a proper distance below the elbows to afford the necessarystrength and support to the Shanks.

lt is evident 'from this desti pi-ion ol' our iinproved plow that whilewe have a suicient number of mold-boards attached to do all the requiredwork by once passing over the ground. we have secured an adj ustabilitywhich will enable a person using our plow to accommodate it to any widthoi' row by simply lengtheningel or shortennmA the horizontal arms andadjusting the side braces. By the arrangement ol our incid-boards thefront pair turns the earth from the young corn, while the rear onesthrow it back toward, but not on the corn, thus saving the usual expenseof an extra hand to uncover it. -When the corn is el' su'liicient sizeto require the earth to be thrown around it, the 'l'ront and rearmoldboards ma.)r be reversed to accomplish the desired end. The reararms may be lei't off and the plow be readily used as a three-shoveledplow, the n'lold-boards throwing the earth to or from the rows, as maybe desired. By re moving-tho iront arms and sul'istituting the rearones, n. plow is formed for plowing be tween very narrow rows,

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Le ters Patent, isr A plow crmsisting of the beam A, arms C Cand if] ll, braces e c c e, and mold-boards B, D7 and F, all constructedand arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JHARLES A; BEARD. E. E. ENNS. Vitncsses:

M. Sonrirnnn, Amener ALLEN.

